Vibrio fluvialis in Patients with Diarrhea, Kolkata, India

摘要

We identifi ed 131 strains of Vibrio . uvialis among 400 nonagglutinating Vibrio spp. isolated from patients with diarrhea in Kolkata, India. For 43 patients, V. . uvialis was the sole pathogen identifi ed. Most strains harbored genes encoding hemolysin and metalloprotease; this fi nding may contribute to understanding of the pathogenicity of V. . uvialis